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Wildfires and flooding affect many more people in the USA than earthquakes and landslide and yet the dread, the perceived risk, of the latter two is much greater than for those hazards that are more…

We all want to feel like we’re free-thinking individuals, but there’s nothing like the power of social pressure to sway an opinion.

According to recent studies, one in five adult women and one in 100 adult men have reported being raped.

New research led by the University of Kent shows that individuals who have consumed moderate amounts of alcohol in social situations are likely to view risky situations with greater caution when…

Sanfilippo A syndrome or Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA (MPS-IIIA) is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease inherited from the parents of the patient.

Over the past several decades, neurostimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have gradually gained favour in the public eye.

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) levels decreased similarly in males and females before puberty, but researchers saw them diverge sharply in puberty, with levels increasing in females while decreasing further in males, which could give hints as to developing …

Cut the enemy smack-talk, says one expert; it’s unhelpful to harbor negativity.

Some children are more vulnerable to anxiety because of the way their anxious parents “parent.”

Special programs in elementary schools teach empathy as a means of stemming relational aggression, a psychological term to describe using the threat of removing friendship as a tactical weapon.